Registration still open for the Northeast Regional Meeting, Sept. 19-23 Share Online registration is still open for the Northeast Regional Meeting, Sept. 19-23, in Adare, Ireland. What happens around the world is impacting NACD member companies more than ever before, be it from a fiscal perspective, regulatory impact or even customer/supplier relations. This meeting will be special, not just for the location but for the topics, too. We hope you will consider joining us this September and we urge you to sign up now. Please also make sure you register for the additional tours and excursions on our supplemental registration form, available on our website.More

Looking to improve your sales professionals? Send them to Training Camp!Share Announcing the fall Sales Professional Training Camp Featuring: The Four Pillars of the Sales Profession™ on Nov. 13-15, Dayton, Ohio. Over 2 1/2 days, your sales team will gain practical skills, tools and fundamental disciplines that are essential for sales professionals and a productive sales team. This course is run by Don Buttrey and is a very popular course for the distribution industry. NACD members can register at a discounted rate through our participation in the Association Education Alliance consortium. To view the full program or to register, click here.

Save the Date! Western Regional luncheon, Sept. 5, Los AngelesShare The Western Region will host a luncheon on Sept. 5, at the LAX Westin in Los Angeles. While enjoying lunch, attendees will hear a presentation on Operations and Safety: Fire prevention through proper grounding and bonding. Stay tuned for more information on the luncheon and how to register.

Chemical Educational Foundation (CEF)

Make a pit stop at the NACD/CEF booth! (OPSEM 2012 — Indianapolis)Share Going to NACD's OPSEM in Indianapolis on Aug. 21-24? Before the checkered flags are waved, be sure to make a pit stop at NACD's Booth #309 to learn how you can join the race towards enhancing science education!

The Chemical Educational Foundation's You Be The Chemist programs provide an avenue by which your company can directly interact with local schools and organizations. Support of these programs also helps your company comply with NACD's Responsible Distribution codes 8.A, B and C under Section VII.

For more information, visit the CEF website and remember to stop by during OPSEM!

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Interested in donating free science activity guides to local schools?Share Looking for an excellent FREE educational outreach tool to use in your community? CEF is gearing up for the release of its new Fourth Edition You Be The Chemist® Activity Guides — available online and as flash drives this early September — in doing so CEF wants to introduce educators in your community to the Activity Guides by donating our remaining Third Edition booklets free of charge! If your company would like to receive these excellent educational tools to donate at no cost in your local communities, please contact CEF at comments@chemed.org!

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5 traits of high-potential employeesInc. Share As your company grows too big for you to do everything — the way you do now — you're going to give over some of the leadership. For reasons of staff morale, economy and your own precious peace of mind, it's better to find your new generation of leaders inside the company. But there's a rub. Not every longtime loyal employee is really suited to be a leader.More

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Richard Branson's 5 rules for good businessEntrepreneur Share Entrepreneur and Virgin founder Richard Branson writes: "While the world may be changing quickly, the steps to building a good business have not. The five simple guidelines we followed when we started the magazine and then Virgin Music remain as valid and useful as they were in the late 1960s and early 1970s."More